One Nation Senator Len Harris said discussion about the Windsors was usually emotional and of no substance but “behind the guff in women’s magazines was a reality that the royal family constitutionally protected Australian citizens”. Senator Harris does not shy…
Huge last minute surge in people enrolling to vote for the referendum. The number of registered voters is estimated at about 12.2 million.
Labor Member for Canberra, Bob McMullan, calls on the Prime Minister to pull his republic “henchmen”, Tony Abbott and Nick Minchin, into line for spending too much time on the republic.
University of Sydney Chancellor and staunch monarchist, Dame Leonie Kramer says that it is unfortunate that the republican debate is being held in “an age of slogans and three-sentence snatches for television”. Reported in The Australian.
Mr Getano Lui, chair of the Torres Strait Islands Coordinating Council urges his people to boycott the referendum in protest against Australia’s failure to heed the demands of the people of the Torres Strait for autonomy. The islands of the…
The official cases for YES and NO are now being delivered to all registered voters – this is a 72 page booklet issued by the Australian Electoral Commission explaining the YES and NO cases on the Republic and the Preamble.
The Australian Republican Movement claims that a poll showing that 23 percent of voters were undecided (see our item of 3 October) was incorrect and that their polling shows that only 10 percent are undecided.
A poll conducted for Sydney tabloid, The Sun-Herald, showed support for the republic at its lowest level so far with 38 percent intending to vote YES on 6 November, 35 percent against and 23 percent Don’t Know (617 voters in…
Older Canberrans are strong supporters of the republic and featured in The Canberra Times by reporter Emma McDonald are Mrs Dorothy Collings 77 and Miss Imelda Fleming 71, both active members of the local branch of the Australian Republican Movement.“Mrs Collings was…
A pro-republican statement signed by Diana Stainlay, President of the NSW Young Nationals and her NSW Young Liberal counterpart, aligning them with NSW Young Labor, has caused havoc. Melissa Roberts, President of ACT Young Liberals criticised her colleagues saying that…
